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Title: MID Air Collision Avoidance


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MID Air Collision Avoidance
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Near Mid Air Collision
  • A near mid air collision is defined as an
    incident associated with the operation of an
    aircraft in which a possibility of collision
    occurs as a result of proximity of less than 500
    feet to another aircraft, or a report is received
    from a pilot or a flight crewmember stating that
    a collision hazard existed between two or more
    aircraft (AIM 7-83b).

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Profile of Mid Air Collisions
  • Day VFR conditions
  • Majority occur within 5 miles of an airport
  • Areas of greatest traffic concentration
  • Slow angular closure rate
  • Majority occur below 3000 ft AGL
  • - Traffic pattern
  • - Final Approach

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Profile- Continued
  • Pilots of all experience levels
  • - First solo student
  • - !5,000 hour seasoned pilot
  • Military specific operations
  • - Formation flight
  • - NVD flight

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Causes of Midairs
  • Increasing traffic
  • Higher closure speeds
  • Overloaded ATC facilities and controllers
  • Pilot failure to employ effective scan techniques

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Locations of potential risk
  • Uncontrolled airport traffic pattern
  • Controlled airspace during VMC conditions
  • Areas that skirt Class B, C, or D
  • Navaids
  • Passes, valleys

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Prevention Measures
  • See and Avoid concept (FAR 91.113)
  • Understand eye limitations
  • Use scanning techniques
  • Compensate for aircraft design
  • Maintain situational awareness
  • Use and listen to radios
  • Assign scan sectors to crewmembers

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QUIZ
  • Click on the link below to access the
  • Midair Collision Avoidance Quiz
  • http//quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp
  • Log-in and Click Search Tab
  • Class Name Midair Collision Avoidance
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